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Friday, March 06, 2015

Md. state board upholds boy’s suspension in pastry gun case

The Maryland State Board of Education upheld the suspension of a boy who chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun, saying the punishment was warranted because of the disruption and other previous misconduct.

The decision, which a lawyer for the family said he would appeal to a circuit court, is the latest development in what has been called “the Pop-Tart case,” which gained national attention in 2013 at a time of widespread rethinking of discipline practices in public schools. Other states have since cited the Maryland case in proposing Pop-Tart gun bills that limit student suspensions for imaginary weapons.

The eight-page state opinion, dated Feb. 24, recounts the child’s string of troubles at Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County, Md.

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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    What we've elected led up to what got appointed......

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  2. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 11:12 AM

    This pisses me off. Please Governor Hogan, dismiss this Superintendent of Schools before she causes more harm in our state.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Just imagine if he had drawn a gun in art class! Oh the horror!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    You in the baby boom generation are always saying how these kids coming up now are so lazy and stupid. Look where you send them every day to get "educated". Are you surprised?

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  5. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    State of Maryland is shaped like a gun! Would he be disciplined for drawing that? Ridiculous!

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  6. The New Black PanthersMarch 6, 2015 at 1:59 PM

    OMG GUNS?????

    AHHHHHHHHHHH BAN THEM>>>>>>

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  7. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 2:14 PM

    guns don't kill people, pop tarts kill people

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  8. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    Ban pop tarts. Stop POP TART violence.
    Mandatory jail tail is required. Where is Eric Holder when you need him!!?? And this is RACIST! HANDS UP, DON'T POP TART!!

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  9. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    People are running scared and no one wants to take a stance.it's always easier to go with the flow & not let the precedent be set in their community.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 7, 2015 at 9:26 AM


    The little perp is toast!

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